Increasing Obesity Severity Is Associated With Less Surgical Care in the United States
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The authors aimed to investigate whether individuals with higher body mass index (BMI) categories are receiving a greater proportion of surgical care over time, given the rising prevalence of severe obesity in the U.S. Their analysis of over 11 million surgical cases from 2005 to 2022 revealed that patients with a BMI of 50 kg/m² or higher are undergoing fewer surgeries, despite the increasing number of individuals in these higher BMI groups, highlighting significant disparities in access to surgical care for this population.
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